James Clarke (born 31 December 1984) is a British lightweight rower. He learned to row at

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and went on to row for

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, under the tutelage of

Wade Hall-Craggs Oliver Wade Hall-Craggs (born 9 January 1966) is a British rower and Olympic sculler. He is the former head coach at Durham University Boat Club, a position he held between 2000 -2021, in this time he mainly coached the heavy-weight men. He repr ...

. Clarke was a member of

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and graduated in 2006. He won a gold medal at the

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with the lightweight men's four. He competed at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, coming 5th. Following the 2008 season he changed weight categories, switching to compete in the open weight category. He gained selection for the GB men's heavyweight squad, competing in the men's eight in 2009, finishing 5th and then in 2010 winning a silver medal at the Karapiro World Championships in New Zealand.

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1984 births Living people British male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Alumni of St Cuthbert's Society, Durham Durham University Boat Club rowers {{England-rowing-bio-stub

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